Here’s a thought…
“Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.”
GIORGOS SEFERIS
Letter to Editor | Yikes! Historical data no longer available on county website
-- from Joe Symons -- I have noticed that there are significant changes to the SJC web site (in general) and the GIS Open Data Portal files, in particular. These changes are not announced. There
Meet Eba, whale-poop sniffing dog, at SJIMA
Yep... Saturday, September 14, 1-3 p.m., San Juan Islands Museum of Art Maybe out on the water you saw a dog, in sunglasses no less, on the prow of a small boat and wondered what they were doing.
Orcas Island Fire & Rescue completes 9/11 memorial
Wednesday, September 11, 6 p.m., Eastsound Fire Station -- from Kim Kimple for Orcas Island Fire & Rescue -- A structural beam from the fallen towers of 9/11 has found its forever home at the
Group readies for second community conversation on vacation rentals
Honoring our shared vision Wednesday, September 25, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., OHS Cafeteria -- from Island Stewards -- Moving forward…Get ready for a second Community Conversation about vacation rentals! We heard your call for more
‘For Love of Orcas’ reading and gallery walk at SJIMA
Thursday, September 12, 3:30 - 5 p.m., San Juan Islands Museum of Art -- from Jill McCabe Johnson -- The San Juan Islands Museum of Art, (SJIMA) in conjunction with their current exhibition, DEEP DIVE
Meet Kassandra Kauffman, new Para-Educator
-- from Orcas Island School District -- Do you have pets? Yes, we have a 5 year old German Shepard named Mia that is full of energy. We love her so much and I am
Early ferries? From where, to where, with what?
Part 2 -- Orcasional Musings by Steve Henigson -- There were regularly-scheduled passenger boats to the islands in 1860, but they were British, and they carried the Royal Mail from Victoria to San Juan Island.
Meet Caroline Wiltz, new Middle School custodian
-- from Orcas Island School District -- Do you have pets? I have a very fluffy cat named Nyah. Eventually, I will have a rescue dog, too. Any favorite hobbies or interests outside of work?
The Lost Virginity Tour opens Orcas Center 2019-2020 season
September 12 – 21, matinee on September 15, Orcas Center Black Box -- from Bethany Marie for Orcas Center -- Orcas Center starts off its 2019-2020 season with a community production of The Lost Virginity
Celebrate 40 year anniversary of Friends of the San Juans
Sunday, September 22, 4-6 p.m.,Odd Fellows -- from The Staff and Board of Friends of the San Juans -- Friends of the San Juans cordially invites you to a spirited celebration of our collective work
Orcas Center announces auditions for ‘Chicago’
September 16 - 18, Orcas Center -- from Bethany Marie for Orcas Center -- Robert Hall will direct Chicago, a Tony award-winning production in the original Bob Fosse style. Choreographed by Tiffany Loney with musical
Library Board changes meeting date
Monday, September 9, 9 a.m., Orcas Library -- from Janet Marlow for Orcas Island Library -- The Orcas Island Library Board will be having their September board meeting this upcoming Monday, September 9, at 9
Upcoming Moldoff poetry sessions focus on ideas, inspiration, imagination
Beginning October 8, Tuesdays 1-3, the Library -- from JoEllen Moldoff -- The poem is not the world.It isn't even the first page of the world.But the poem wants to flower, like a flower.It knows
Sea Stars and Sorne play a special double-bill at Orcas Center
Wednesday, September 18, 7:30 p.m., Orcas Center -- from Bethany Marie for Orcas Center -- In conjunction with Imagine Arts and Music Festival, Orcas Center is pleased to present a special double-bill of Sea Stars
Musician, artist, lecturer Paul Rucker to visit Orcas
Saturday, September 28, Orcas Center -- from Norm Stamper for Woman in the Woods Productions -- “Renaissance Person” is a label that gets tossed about just a bit too freely these days. But Paul Rucker
Whale of a Show auditions are coming up
Friday, September 13, 2 - 5 p.m. Saturday, September 14, 10:30 a.m. - Noon -- from Didier Gincig -- Auditions for Whale of a Show will be Friday, September 13, 3 - 5 p.m. and Saturday,
